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fruitlessness

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fruit⋅less

  [froot-lis]
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–adjective
1. useless; unproductive; without results or success: a fruitless search for the missing treasure.
2. bearing no fruit; barren.
Origin:
1300–50; ME; see fruit, -less

Related forms:
fruit⋅less⋅ly, adverb
fruit⋅less⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. futile, unavailing, vain. 2. sterile.

Antonyms:
1. useful, profitable. 2. fertile.
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fruit·less   (frōōt'lĭs)   
adj.  

  1. Producing no fruit.

  2. Unproductive of success: a fruitless search. See Synonyms at futile.

fruit'less·ly adv., fruit'less·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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